Commonsense diet tips

Tips and tricks to help you stay on track
(part one)

No matter what diet you’re on, there are some commonsense things you can do to help you stay on diet, feel less hungry and burn pounds faster. Although these sound like small, insignificant things, they can help you a lot.

Drink a lot of water
Water is good for your hair, skin and cells, it moisturises from the inside and washes away the toxins we put in. It’s also a great diet helper. Water has 0 calories, but takes up space in your stomach, so you’ll probably eat less for lunch if you drink a big glass of water first. Drink it cold, it’ll speed up your metabolism. And, by all means, remember that flavoured waters are not calorie free!

Write it down
Sometimes writing down things you eat during the day can help. Also, write down your weight every time you weigh yourself, it’ll be a solid proof of your progress. Write about the exercise you do and see yourself get into shape. Once you loose all the pounds you wanted to, put this journal visible, it’ll remind you of the hard work and stop you from gaining it again.

Don’t buy things you’re not supposed to eat
If you live alone, this shouldn’t be a problem. Make a shopping list and stick to it and never go to the supermarket hungry because then you’re more likely to buy junk. If you live with your family, explain your goal and see if anybody else is in. Loosing pounds in company is more fun, and you can’t cheat. Ask the ones not participating to eat the tempting bites outside. If you dine out a lot, read Dieting and eating out post.

Eat more small meals
Than one large one. By eating six or seven small meals you fool your body into believing it got more food. You also maintain high metabolism rate, so the calories are being burnt faster. A good thing too is that you’ll never be rally starving.

Don’t eat because you’re lonely, sad, need comfort
Food is something your body needs to keep on going. Many people eat not because they are feeling hungry, but for number of other reasons. Some even live to eat and food is the centre of their universe. Too much food can harm you, if you want to be successful at your diet, you should really change the way you look at food. Ask yourself: Am I really hungry? Do I really want to eat that burger/chips/pasta/cake?

Exercise
You don’t have to join a gym ore run if you don’t like it, but it’s essential that you do exercise. You can go to work by foot, take stairs instead of an elevator, ride a bike or go swimming. You can also do all the exercise you want in the privacy of your own home. Just move 3 to 5 times a week. It’s important to build up muscles, they burn calories up to 20 times faster then fatty tissue.